what to do if your boa bites and wraps

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Originally Posted by Tfpets

Lysterine mouth wash, as seen on snake bytes tv!

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This is what I squirted into the burms mouth and it did not work. I'm not saying it does not work, but it didn't work for me.

My 8 foot wrapped me one day i used a blowdryer to get her off shot it in her face on high heat and she let go after a few seconds

Honestly, I've never tried it myself (mouth wash). Haven't needed to since I learned about it. But it's the only easy solution I have before attempting to drown my snake! LOL!

that video is wonderful

Lots of techniques out there, but one tip I wanted to add:

When un-wrapping a snake, start at the tail! It's pretty easy to un-wrap even a big snake if you start at the tail, it gives you all the leverage you need to tackle the next coil. This works extremely well for a second person trying to un-wrap a large snake from the person being bit/coiled.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

When un-wrapping a snake, start at the tail!

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+1, this is exactly what I did.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Why did you carry her into the bathroom to uncoil her? Why not just do it in the room it happened in?

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I was dripping blood everywhere and didn't want to trash the carpet in the bedroom, and the bathroom was 10 feet away from where I was in the bedroom.

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

I was dripping blood everywhere and didn't want to trash the carpet in the bedroom, and the bathroom was 10 feet away from where I was in the bedroom.

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Ahhh ok, gotcha lol. Makes sense now :gj:

I've never had a boa do it to me, but I've gotten the latch-and-wrap twice from ball pythons. Both times there was plenty of space to fit a pen or pencil between their upper and lower jaws. And in both cases the bp immediately let go of me and started trying to work the pen out of its mouth, while I unwrapped it and dropped it straight back in the tub/tank.

Running the head under cold water seems to do the trick, even if it takes a few minutes.

Hi People, I'm new to this forum and looking forward to learn from the experience people and professionals and make lots of friends here, the best thing to do if a big snake bite you and wraps around you is to apply heat at any part of the body, like hot water, hair blower, cigarette lighter etc. something hot, the snake will let go before you blink again.